“A voice of one calling
In the wilderness prepare
the way for the LORD…” Isaiah 40:3 NIV
The words spoken, hundreds of years before Jesus was born into the world.
The Messiah is coming!
Prepare…
And yet, that night…that busy night in Bethlehem…no one was prepared.
People everywhere…
the census had to be taken.
No place to stay for the night.
Mary gave birth on a bed of hay.
Jesus, the Messiah, came into the world on that night.
He arrived in the dirt and stench of the barnyard animals.
He came because of the dirt and stench of the people.
The multitudes of angels said, “Fear not!”,
to shepherds whose hearts nearly stopped from the scene they were
experiencing.
And the ancient words echo through time—
Prepare the way for the Lord!
Just as Mary and Joseph were in awe of the great responsibility given to them
of raising the Son of God…
Just as the shepherds bowed their heads before the manager throne
of the King…
Shouldn’t we be in awe as we are reminded that the Messiah did not remain
an infant in that humble feeding trough?
Prepare the way for the Lord!
Christ‘s birth was not the beginning, just as His death and resurrection were not the end.
He’s coming back.
And the echo of the words ring through to each of us…
Prepare the way for the Lord!
Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” John 8:58
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